Description
For all persons aged 65 and older, MCMM is a set of unedited monthly health insurance variables indicating whether they have Medicare coverage in a given calendar month. For persons aged 65 and older, individuals were assigned Medicare coverage if: (1) They answered "Yes" to a follow-up question on whether they received Social Security benefits; (2) They were covered by Medicaid/SCHIP, other public hospital/physician coverage or Medigap coverage; (3) Their spouse was age 65 or over and covered by Medicare; or (4) They reported TRICARE coverage. By adding MCMM to your data cart, you are in effect adding 12 monthly health insurance coverage variables (MCJA-MCDE), one variable for each calendar month.
Monthly Health Insurance Coverage Variables
- MCJA: Covered by Medicare in January
- MCFE: Covered by Medicare in February
- MCMA: Covered by Medicare in March
- MCAP: Covered by Medicare in April
- MCMY: Covered by Medicare in May
- MCJU: Covered by Medicare in June
- MCJL: Covered by Medicare in July
- MCAU: Covered by Medicare in August
- MCSE: Covered by Medicare in September
- MCOC: Covered by Medicare in October
- MCNO: Covered by Medicare in November
- MCDE: Covered by Medicare in December
Codes
This is a 1-digit numeric variable.
Universe
- 1996-2021: All persons aged 65+.
Availability
- 1996-2021
Weights
- 1996-2021 : PERWEIGHT
